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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
FOR PROHIBITION.
SENATOR REAGAN ITS CHAMPION.
Sensation among the Democrats OF Ierss Cor.
pIste Change Of Views Strong inyeetne
against the Liquor Traffic.

| GALVESTON, TEX, April 9.-The PrOhi-
bition question is rapidly assuming the
front rank among the political is,ues of
Texas. The late Legislature passed an
act submitting this question To a vote of
the people in August. The Anti-Prohi-
| bitionists are organizing for battle.
Chief among them are Ex-Lieutenant
| Governor Gibbs. of Dallas: Hon. Walter
GNsham. of Galveston. and politicians
OF lesser note, who. have constituted
themselves a committee representing the
Democracy of Texas, and are inviting
prominent Democrats of Texas to attend
a meeting on the Goth. for the purpose of
calling convention in May Ito set
forth clearly and universally the time
honored principles of Democracy in its
opposition to all forms of sumptuary
legislation"
The Ners prints to-day an open letter
from Senator John NJ. Reagan. replying
to the invitation of the committee To at
tend the coming meeting. senator
Reagans letter will produce a genuine
sensation i'm the political world of Texas.
He comes out squarely in favor of pro-
hibition, and deals the opposition some
herculean blows from Democratic
standpoint. Two years ago Mr. Reagan
stood beside Senator Coke. Gov. ireland.
Congressman Mills and other prominent
Democrats in strenuously opposing
the growth of Prohibition. on the
ground lhat it was a sacred principle of
Democracy to oppose sumptuary laws of
whatever character. Senator Reagan's
complete change of views on this point
surprises even his nearest friends. After
picturing at length the wretchednesS
and dishonor to be encountered i'm every
community resulting from the Use of
liquor. the Senator says:
Il must express my regret that any
effort has been made To make party
question of prohibition. and especially
do regret that Democrats should seek
to identify that great and grand historic
party with fortunes and fate of whisky
shop drunkards and criminals"
REPUBLICANS IN THE WOOD PILE.
DALLAS. TEX, April 9.-The Whisky
Mems State Executive Committee met
here with closed doors. Ii has leaked out
that they are debating whether they
shall make a local fight merely, all over
the State, or organize for State contest
with fully rugged committee and
bevy of voters. The presence Of several
Republican leaders suggests that that
party will use the present contest to
break down the Democratic party. They
want the Prohibition question made
Democratic party issue and Democrats
are fighting shy Of this.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Fire in "A New York Newspaper ONCE.


NEW YORK April "a fire started
unaccountably under the staircase in
the mailing department of the Ner
Yorker-Zeitung at ? 2o'clock this morning
and before it could he subdued had eaten
inside of a little building which is in the
rear of the Zeitnig publication office ON
Frankfort street. The Zeituig had Just
gone to- press, but work in the press-room,
which was directly under the mailing
department, had to he abandoned and
for time it was feared that the presses
would be destroyed. The paper came
out, however, three hours late. The
damage to building was $4,000, but the
damage to the Zeitung in the complete
destruction of the apparatus by which
10000 copies of the paper We're mailed
daily, is incalculable in money value.
The work of replacing the blocks will he
a long and tedious one.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Dr. Mct.lynn viii Lecture

NEW Work. April 9.-Dr. McGlynn
will set out tomorrow evening on n lee
turing tour throughout the country. He
Cincinnati. where he will lecture Tues
day evening. He will then proceed to
indianapolis and afterward tn Chicago,
Milwaukee. ST. Paul. St. Louis. Rich
mond and New Orleans. Brooklyn and
New Jersey priests who sympathize with
DIR. McGlynn would, it was stated to-
day. hold "a meeting on Whit Monday
and sign an appeal To Rome ON behalf of
the Doctor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
GOV. PERRY HAS FORTY-FIVE
SOLID FOR HIM.
SIX VOTES COUNTED ON TO SUP.
PORT EN- GOV. BLOXHAM.
Iones' Candidate Fails to Send his Amdasit to
the TImes-Union- Trained on the
Okeechobee Drainage Scheme.
Special Dispatch To the PnIatka News.

Special Dispatch To the Palatka News
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, April 9.-The
caucus for Senator, last night, AL journed
too late for transmission To THE PALATKA
NEWS. Forty-fiye are solid for Governor
Perry out of ninety-fOur Democratic
members. Ex-Governor Bloxham is
said to- have the Orange. Polk and Mana
tee delegations. n total of six votes. safe.
making fifty-one accounted for and
forty-three unaccOunted for out of the
ninety-four. As two-thirds of ninety
four are sixty-three. Governor Perry
must gain eighteen or Ex-Governor Blox-
ham fifty-seven i'm order to secure the
nomination. Rumors of all kinds
are i'm circulation, one being that
Bloxham's strength will bolt the
final caucus; another that Perry will be
nominated on the first ballot; another
that the Drew and Mann affidavits have
only strengthened Bloxham. Confusion
and uncertainty reign supreme.
Gov. Bloxham says he did not send
Jones to-day an affidavit as promised in
the Times Union.
Gov. Perry is making only uncontested
nominations.
The Joint committee to investigate the
missing printing section had its first
meeting to-day. They have invited mot
summoned. as stated in the Jacksonville
Netrs). G.. III. Jones to appear before
them and make known what he knows
about the matter. 1t is shrewdly srIs-
pected that he will scarcely care to- face
the music. especially at this juncture.
Little credit is given to his affidavits
in to-day's Times Union, as they were
what everybody expected, and the Ia
bored effort to besmirch others caused
the whole statement to fall flat. In fact.
while read by many out of curiosity,
few appear to consider it as "A really ST.
rious issue of veracity between Jones ON
the one hand and Drew and Mann on
the other.
Jones has a. O. Wright to swell the
number of Times Union representatives
here, there being three already. He will
also assist the TaIldhasseeaa in the lobby
for State Printer.
In t1lt House Mf. ftiot intTpitictti to-
day concurrent resolution for n joint
committee to investigate the transactions
of the Internal Improvement Board, and
report rs to what laws have been enacted
authorizing their action, what lands
have come into their possession and i'm
what manner the same have been dis
posed of, and the present condition of
the fund. This is regarded as the best
and most searching measure yet proposed
ON this subject.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Willie to establish Department |
of Agriculture.
In the Senate the Committee on cen
sus and Apportionment was announced |
as follows Messrs. Martin and Wall. |
Mr.. Delano's resolution for a Commits
sioner ON Lands and immigration to
report as to land matters was made the |
special order for Wednesday. Mr.. |
Manns resolution to revive the commit |
tee of the last Senate so as to report the |
evidence taken concerning the Okee- |
chobee drainage scheme was made a
special order for the same day.
i'un.TE
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Was the Eagle DestroNed !.

HALIFAX. N. =, April 9.-Advices
from st. Johns, n. T.. state that a
schooner which Arrived there this morn
ing reports that the sealing steamer
Eagle, which was reported lost with
nearly 300 persons ON board. was taking
seals in White Bay ON March "a.
HALIFAX. n. s., April "a telegram
received from st. Johns, N. F., this after
noon. says that reliable news has been
reached there of the safety of the sealing
steamer Eagle. She was seen by the
steamer Aurora ON the 5th inst.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

QUEBEC. April 9.-It is generally un-
derstood that the mandament issued by
Cardinal Taschereau against the Knights
of Labor will be withdrawn. Ii is said
that in case the Knights cannot effect
an understanding with the church here
they will form pilgrimage to some
American city where they can obtain
abSolutiou
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Pacific Railroad Ring Investigators.

WAsHINGToS. April 9.-The President
this evening. appointed as Commission
ers to investigate the affairs of the Pa
cific Railroads under the act passed by
the last Congress:
Robert E Pattison, of Pennsylvania:
E Ellery Anderson, of New York. and
David Ittler. Of Illinois. Pattison is an
Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania. who has
recently gone out OF Office; Anderson is
= prominent lawyer of New York City.
identified with the County Democracy
wing Of the party. and Lirtler is a Re
publican memer of the Illinois Legisla-
ture. also q lawyer.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

WASHINGTON. April 9.-The President
to-day appointed Marshall Parks to be
Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels
for the Third District, with headquarters
at Norfolk, in place of James Curran. of
Maryland. who was twice nominated to
that office. and who failed of confirma-
ton each time. Parks is a resident of
Norfolk. and a pronounced Democrat.
He was not an applicant for the position.
but his appointment was strongly urged
by many influential Democrats.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

SYRACUSE. NJ v, April 9.-John Hol-
land, aged :. years, was found dead in a
farm house near this city to-day. His
wife was by his side, just alive. She
said her husband died ten days ago from
cold and starvation. This afternoon she
of her nephew, Jerry Regan. who owned
the farm. 1t is thought that she is out
of her head in consequence of her suffer
ings. The house where the couple Were
found was squalid. They had drawn a
mattress up To the stove to lie ON.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Prohibition Probably Carried in Michigan.

fFOh1DfttOu frobAbiN sArrfeu ih vshiSah.
MARQUETTE. MICH. April 9.-There Is
great excitement all over the Northern
Michigan Peninsula over alleged frauds
in the recent election which places i'm
doubt the fate of the prohibitory amend
ment The authorities are reported to
have sought legal advice, it being charg
ed that voters by the hundreds We're
imported from Wisconsin to vote against
the amendment. The frauds are all
alleged to have occurred in Gogebic
county. That the most wholesale fraud
was carried on there seems apparent.
The revised returns cut down the vote
against the amendment to 1.4J0, allow
ing Bessemer nearly 800. II Bessemer
county is thrown out, and there is no
doubt Of a contest. the State has GER
tainly carried the amendment.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Nearly $500 Miles Apart.

Teacher giving directions for stand
ingD. Stand with your heels together,
toes turned out. making an angle Of 4b
degrees" This was followed by a look Of
bewilderment on one boys face. T.;
DO you know what a degree isY' Pupil:
Yes, SIR. T.: What" p: Sixty
nine and one-fourth miles,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
sIrnnL AraIn.I NAnman-

WHmNGToN, DEL, April 9.-Ths
painters employed in the boat yard Of
the Harlem 4 Hollingsworth Co., quit
work this morning ON account of the
employment Of women in that depart
ment. TO the latter was assigned all
the inside work which action necessi-
tated laying of the men until the
weather is more clement
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

CHICAGO, April 9.-The tailors EN-
ployed by three firms are ON a strike. The
employees boast that they will have all
the Union tailors in their strike by Mon
day. The pretext of the fight is an al
vance in wages, but the real object is To
force the merchants to- recognize the
Unions and accept their terms.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
All Uuder One Management.

SAVANNAH, April 9.-Douglass Green,
of New York, has been elected President
of the Savannah, Dublin and Western
Railroad, succeeding \. B. I.inderman,
of Philadelphia, resigned. This brings
the whole proposed new line from Sa-
vannah to Birmingham. via Macon and
Lagrange-eight hundred miles-under
one management.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
The World, Cotfon SuupIy.

NEW YORK, April 9.-The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is ESQ
Az bales, of which 2,O56, ,ssa is American,
against 1870, 366 and 2,1s6, ,266 respec-
lively last year. Receipts at all interior
towns, 1912; receipts from plantation.
IL, ,366; crop in sight. q. III. .46.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

ROCKFORD. ILL. April 9.-John Hogan
yesterday was exhibiting stallion at
Westfield Corners. While so doing the
horse Knocked him down and placed its
knees upon him. Another man who was
present stabbed the horse in the neck
with knife. As the horse arose from
Hogan's body it grabbed the prostrate
man by the nap of the neck and shook
him so that he died in eight minutes
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

PrrsRuRG, PA, April 9,-The requisite
number of Knights of Labor signed yee
terday, for the formation of National
Assembly of Iron Workers. The new
organization will embrace nothing but
these workers. and il is expected 10 be
the strongest labor society in the State.
II will number, i'll advocates say. not
less than p 900 men.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

daily. The club was affiliated with simi
lar organizations in Stettin. Koenigsberg.
Ilmenan, and elsewhere, and in these
places many arrests have been made.
Among the persoss taken into custody
at Hamburg, is Herr Steinfott, the editor
of Burger Zeifung.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

MhDDLETowN. KY. April 9.-Henry
Clay, the great sire Of speed producers,
died Wednesday at the Middletown
stock farm of X. D, Willis, aged thirty
fnnr Nnars
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
The Interstate Commerce Law ID

The Interstate Commerce Law DId 1t.
STEuBENvIILE, o.. April 6.-The
Junction Iron Works, at Mingo, closed
About 600 men are thrown out of work.
The cause of the shutdown is said to be-
the unwillingness of buyers to pay greatly
increased freight rates under the Inter
State Commerce law.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
OBSERVATIONS.

The weather has been delightful. The
new green of spring adorns the monster
live-oaks which line each side of every
street i'm the city. and crown the tops
Of every neighboring hill. Mocking
birds, without number send their tune
full songs through the ambient air, into
the windows Of the Capitol, soothing and
gratifying the senses of the members,
and bringing whatever modicum of the
milk Tor cream) of human kindness they
may possess To the surface. The result
is the gracious harmony and good feel
ing which obtains among the members
and employers. and the cheerful prompti-
tude with which each rises to the high
occasion Of the work before him, and
seeks To do his best. These facts album
dainty demonstrate the wisdom Of the
Constitutional Convention in changing
the time for the meeting Of the Logisla-
lature from January 10 April.
The Senatorial succession is the allah
sorbing topic Of interest and discussion
outside Of the Legislation Halls. The
sent in full by wire are pretty generally
known to-day, among the members, and
are exciting comment ami speculation
as to the disclosures upon the aspirations
of the principal candidates for the Sena-
tOrship. The drift Of public opinion
seems To be that Notwithstanding any
disclaimer or denial that may be made
public by Ex Governor Bloxham or his
friends, as To the existence Of bargain
with Jones, the statements Of Ex4iover-
nor Drew's affidavit that Jones held in
his hand a letter from Bloxham. asking
how the matter got out" indicate the
existence Of something Of the kind,
independent OF the assertions Of Jones,
which otherwise would be naturally re-
ceived with doubt as 10 their accuracy.
Gov. Perry's friends are still reticent
and hopeful, believing that they have
only to bide their time.
Gov. Bloxham's friends counted up
thirty-five sure votes for him before the
appearance Of Mr.. Mahlon Gore on the
scene. Since his advent and the devel-
opments concerning the alleged Jones
bargain they seem far from confident.
II appears morally certain that the
Legislature will pass some kind of
Railroad Commission bill. The senti-
ment ON the subject. aside from the in
dications afforded by bills already intro
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
THE WEEKS WORK.
Legislative Proceedings in Full.
What the Legislature HAS Been Doing Notes and
Comment from Our Special Correspondent
at tallahassee.
Correspondence Palatka News.

TALLAHASSEE. April X, 1887.
In order Ia overcome the disadvantage
of the mails. the weekly letters of your
CORE ,pondent v i'll have Ia be- closed at
noon on Friday and forwarded by
Fridays mail. in order Ia reach THE PA
LATKA NEWS office i'm time for SUNDAYS
paper. The very full dispatches sent
during the week have advised the read
ers of The News as to the most import
ant events that have transpired. and the
weekly letter. therefore, will consist of
notes and items and minor details not
sent by wire but of almost equal interest
To the readers of THE NEWS with the
matter contained in the dispatches.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
A Atar Route Mail.

Ernest Icgersoll, in The american
Mogdzine: In one of the gulches
stood the ruins of a cabin and "star
route" refuge. No possible need had
existed for a mail carriage across
here, but a few years before my date,
contractors had found it profitable
to institute the route, and sack
holding half dozen letters and per-
haps a few copies of The Congress
siondI Globe was carried back and
forth on horseback. One man brought
il $50 miles or so from Missoula
and delivered it here in the wild
woods to a second man, who carried
il down to Lake Pend dOreille,
rowed forty miles across the fir
circled water, and handed it over to
a rider at the western end. This
middle man was utterly alone. Nota
single soul lived on his route. In the
winter he travelled on snow shoes,
for months together saw nobody but
the carrier who brought him his
pouch at each end, aud could tell you
stories of adventures with wolves and
bears, and Of wonderful visions of
elks, sheep and mountain goats.
Robinson Crusoe led less secluded
Efa
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22

wered to it. The wife desired to
look at the body, and she was shown
into the deadhouse.
After viewing the subject pointed
out to her very intently for several
minutes, Mrs. Cole burst into tears
and declared that the body was that
Of her late husband. But in order
to assure herself that she had made
no mistske, she requested the keeper
OF the morgue to turn the body over
and see if there was large scar on
the back Of the neck. As he pro-
ceeded to do so, a set of false teeth
fell out Of the mouth of the corpse
upon the marble slab.
"StopP exclaimed Mrs. Cole,
wiping away her tears; George new
er wore false teeth"
You blamed fool" growled the
keeper Of the morgue, addressing the
corpse, as he roughly threw it back
in place and picked up the false
teeth; IF you had only kept your
mouth shut you might have had a de-
cent burial.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
MEXICAN EARTHQUAKES.
OFFICIAL REPORT FROM TaE
DISTRICTS VISITED
Say That at Bablsp No House Is
Left Standing aud 15o Perished
In the Catastrophe.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 21.-A spe-
cial from the City OF Mexico says:
Reports from local officials in the
regions of North Mexico, recently
visited by earthquake shoe ks, reached
here today. The chief of the fiscal
guard at Babisp says: The earth
quake was so strong here that it did
not leave a single inhabitable house
standing. Sixty persons were killed,
and many were wounded beyond hope
of recovery. Between 3 o'clock p. IN.
and am. of the day following there
were eighteen shocks. We are still
digging out bodies, and think the
number of killed will reach 49,"
A letter from Janos, in chihuahua,
says the greater part of the houses
here were destroyed, but nobody was
killed.
The Jefe Politico of Casas Grandes
sends word that there is great need
of food for sufferers in the district
affected.
Another letter from Jauos declares
the existence of an extensive volcano,
and says: "The smoke is so dense it
cut off the suns rays. Many testify
that when the earthquake occurred
they saw large powders shoot up into
the air, and that flames burst forth
from the summit of the mountain,
setting fire to the forest"
The municipal president of San
Andres writes
"At $3.50 pm. an extraordinary
earthquake occurred here. | assure
you there was not a person at the
time who could explain how he felt.
Houses were shattered and glass
broken, but the most remarkable of
all was this: There is a clear spring
called Penada, in an arroyo, at the
foot of bluff. For two hours this
spring flowed an immense stream of
water, thick with red mud, but after
awhile it returned to its original
condition"
A later letter from Casas Grandes
says: In the mountains which we
call Sierra Madre a volcano of fire
was started, which is even now COW
cred with great clouds of smoke.
The volcano burst forth at precisely
the hour the earthquake was felt.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
THE MIRACLE OF A CENTURY.

Boston Record; 1t was at the lin
ings counter in certain store, and
seven women were seated ON the
stools in front of the counter buying
Innings. The patient salesman lis
tened to their discussions and their
monologues, answered their inquiries
and patiently changed their orders
to suit their whims. Suddenly a
blithe yet quiet little lady appeared
with a bit of gray cheviot in her
hand. One of the statesmen, who
was waiting for q lady in black
satin gown to determine whether she
would have a yard and half or a
or yard and three quarters of per-
caline, looked at the newcomer
with an expression of mingled
inquiry and relief. He evident
ly recognized her, and hoped
to have the pleasure of wait
ing upon her. 1t must have been
pleasure to his soul, tried with the
exasperating delay with the woman
he was serving. please give me
five yards of English cambria, ex-
actly two shades darker than this
cheviot," said the woman, who knew
what she wanted, "and one yard aud
seven eighths Of the second quality
of silesia two shades lighter, and
half a yard of haireloth Of
the color of the cambria.
Please take this 81 bill, and l
will come back for my change
aud the things after | have been to
the buttons and trimmings counters. "
l had the curiosity to follow her to
the trimmings counter. She asked
for her silk and twist, cotton, braid,
shields and whale bones in the same
quick, exact manner, and turned
around to the buttons counter while
they we're being done up. She asked
for the ease of sample buttons,
picked out those she wanted in
credibly soon, then retraced her
steps, gathering up her purchases as
she went, taking a parcel from the
counter Of cheviots as she passed az
ter going to the Innings counter.
Probabl y she hadn't time to have
the things sent home, and one can
easily imagine that she had that dress
cut out and fitted and half finished
before she went to sleep that night.